| AOFM |
Australian Office of Financial Management |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APRA |
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| ASIC |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission |
| AUSTRAC |
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre |
| BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
| CAC Act |
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 |
| CGS |
Commonwealth Government securities |
| CGFS |
Committee on the Global Financial System |
| CHESS |
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System of the Australian Stock Exchange |
| CLS |
Continuous linked settlement |
| DoFA |
Department of Finance and Administration |
| EEO |
Equal employment opportunity |
| EMEAP |
Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific central banks |
| FMA Act |
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 |
| FSF |
Financial Stability Forum |
| G7 |
Group of Seven |
| G10 |
Group of Ten |
| G20 |
Group of Twenty |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GOS |
Gross Operating Surplus |
| HLIs |
Highly leveraged institutions |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| NNPC |
National Note Processing Centre |
| NPA |
Note Printing Australia Limited |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OFCs |
Offshore financial centres |
| OH&S |
Occupational health & safety |
| RBA |
Reserve Bank of Australia |
| RITS |
Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System |
| RTGS |
Real-time gross settlement |
| SDRs |
Special drawing rights |
| Y2K |
Year 2000 |
